Events and activity organisers invited to apply for grants
Grant applications are now open for event and activity providers looking for financial support for their plans for 2025.
13 September 2024
Grant applications are now open for event and activity providers looking for financial support for their plans for 2025.
The Tourism Management Board will once again oversee the decision-making process for the grants, following the Committee for Economic Development agreeing last year that the Board was best placed to administer the funds thereby putting increased responsibility in the hands of the industry itself.
Hannah Beacom, Chair of the Tourism Management Board, said:
“The Tourism Management Board wants to use this funding to support locally held events and activities, and invest in new product, where there is a clear benefit to tourism. This is a great opportunity to see some new, fresh ideas coming through and we're looking forward to discussing how we can support financially and otherwise. Weighting will be given to proposals that would increase bed nights/spend in the shoulder months of the traditional season, and with the island heading towards the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day, the board will welcome events and activities that highlight our unique history and heritage throughout a year which marks such an important milestone.”
Details of how to apply, can be found at www.gov.gg/eventsgrant
The deadline for receiving completed applications forms for the annual grant is 5pm, Wednesday 30th October. The Board will then meet to review and agree grant allocations week commencing Monday 4 November. Following ratification by those bodies, the applicant will be informed of the decision by the beginning of December.
The Board is looking for submissions that will meet some or all of the following criteria:
- Driving enhanced on-island experience for the visitor and thereby enhancing Guernsey's tourism product.
- Driving incremental visitor growth.
- Promoting business or economic development where there is a clear tangible benefit for the local economy.
- Building local entrepreneurial capacity.
- Sign up to the TMB’s Sustainability Charter